Deadline: 7/25/2019
Amount: Unspecified
Description:
The purpose of this program is to improve services and response to victims of crime, including programs that provide direct assistance to help victims of all crimes rebuild their lives. This program will support projects that demonstrate the provision of comprehensive services to victims and family members in the aftermath of crimes, such as homicide, domestic violence, sexual assault, and child/elder abuse.
The purpose of the Victim Services Program component is to develop or enhance crime victim specialist programs within law enforcement agencies to better support victims through the criminal justice process, including by connecting them with community-based direct victim services programs to more quickly and effectively serve them. Funding will support state, tribal, and/or local law enforcement agencies to hire, develop, and train staff to develop new law enforcement-based victim specialist programs or enhance existing programs. These programs should have a strong focus on assisting and supporting victims in high-crime areas and communities particularly affected by violence, and improving care and services to these crime victims. In addition, funding will support law enforcement-based victim specialists focused specifically on serving tribal communities or populations.